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Questions about default game options
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:10 am
by Rat
A few settings I'm not sure about, also need to know if they affect playback at marp ?
RDTSC, so this is a Pentium timing thing ? should I enable it when recording ?
Increase thread priority, so is this the same as selecting thread priority through the task manager ? how much does it increase it ?
Direct 3d, I have an average 64mb graphics card, should I enable this option ?
Triple buffering, will this affect recordings ?
M68k core, should I just leave this set as C ?
Cheers,
Rat
Re: Questions about default game options
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:52 am
by mahlemiut
Rat wrote:A few settings I'm not sure about, also need to know if they affect playback at marp ?
RDTSC, so this is a Pentium timing thing ? should I enable it when recording ?
Only necessary if MAME runs better for you when using it. No effect on playback.
Rat wrote:Increase thread priority, so is this the same as selecting thread priority through the task manager ? how much does it increase it ?
Yes. This will give the MAME process higher or lower priorty for a slice of CPU time. No effect on playback.
Rat wrote:Direct 3d, I have an average 64mb graphics card, should I enable this option ?
Only if you really need to. Shouldn't affect playback. Note that this nothing to do with emulating systems with 3D video hardware (PSX, Model 1...)
Rat wrote:Triple buffering, will this affect recordings ?
No.
Rat wrote:M68k core, should I just leave this set as C ?
Yes. C core is the slowest, but also the most accurate. The speed difference between the 68000 cores is negligible on any reasonably specced system (>~800MHz). This will affect playback for games that use a 68000 (maybe 68010 as well) CPU. WolfMAME stores this and automatically sets it on playback, though.
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:14 pm
by Rat
Thanks for the detailed reply, now I'm ready to climb the leader board

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:20 pm
by destructor
Rat wrote:now I'm ready to climb the leader board

Good luck
